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- Arbitration Bill 2008: Report Stage (3 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: I must say I had forgotten that.
- Arbitration Bill 2008: Report Stage (3 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: I welcome the provision in respect of better consumer protection, which the Minister signalled on Committee Stage. We all agree with the exclusion in respect of amateur sportspersons. I am not entirely sure and the impediment is probably on my side about how that meets my amendment, in so much as my advice was that the purpose of the amendment was to correct a technical error. I explained...
- Arbitration Bill 2008: Report Stage (3 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: The proposed new section empowers the High Court or the Circuit Court to adjourn civil proceedings with the consent of the parties to facilitate arbitration and the Minister explained why this replacement is being inserted. I am asked to agree it is a superior provision and, in so far as I am competent, I so do. Will the Minister address my amendment No. 13? I advanced it on the basis that...
- Arbitration Bill 2008: Report Stage (3 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: This involves a major deletion. Will the Minister put his briefing note on the record?
- Arbitration Bill 2008: Report Stage (3 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: I accept that and I apologise.
- Written Answers — Banking Sector Recapitalisation: Banking Sector Recapitalisation (3 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if and when he will convert the State's preference shareholdings, through the National Pension Reserve Fund, in banks (details supplied) into ordinary equity; the effect this will have on the capital structures of the respective credit institutions; if the next coupon payment will be collected in the form of ordinary equity; if the preference...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (3 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposed merger of the Competition Authority, the National Consumer Agency and the consumer protection function of the Financial Regulator; if it is necessary to put the merged entity on a statutory footing through the enactment of new or amending legislation; when the merger will be completed and the new entity fully...
- Gangland Killings. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: That is not what the Minister told the papers at the time.
- Garda Síochána Inspectorate. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent report of An Garda SÃochána Inspectorate on resource allocation; if he will implement the recommendations contained in this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5804/10]
- Garda Síochána Inspectorate. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Does the Minister agree this is a very disturbing report on the operational condition of the Garda SÃochána? It paints a picture, albeit in polite language, of a police force as it might have operated in 1950s Ireland in terms of management techniques, deployment of manpower, absence of technology, rostering systems, the failure of the civilianisation effort and so on. Law-abiding...
- Garda Síochána Inspectorate. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: I do not ask this question in any spirit of confrontation. The view I have outlined is that of the Garda inspectorate, as set out in this serious review, and there is no point in trying to whitewash it. The Minister should not try to dodge the question about how many Garda stations have e-mail by referring to network connections. I draw the Minister's attention to the number of gardaà who...
- Garda Síochána Inspectorate. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: They have been released from the requirement to take long-hand notes.
- Garda Síochána Inspectorate. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: The Minister has no role in it. It is a matter for the Garda Commissioner.
- Visa Applications. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: That would be the end of civilisation as one knows it.
- Visa Applications. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Members might get answers that way.
- Visa Applications. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Ulysses was more brief.
- Visa Applications. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Ulysses is simpler.
- Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: The Minister provided the figures for Christmas. To what did the Christmas release bring the figures for December? The figures I have from the Prison Service suggest that 174 prisoners were on temporary release in January 2008. The latest date for which I have figures is July 2009 when it had increased to 614. That seems to suggest-----
- Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: No, July 2009.
- Temporary Release of Prisoners. (4 Feb 2010)
Pat Rabbitte: Yes, I appreciate that. My question is to what did that bring the figure for December. What was the total figure in December?